What's up guys and WELCOME BACK! In today's episode, we look back at the final few weeks of the 2022 college baseball season. Throughout the league, history was made! But one team, Ole Miss, had a fairytale ending; a team full of leaders who overcame a rocky start to the season to become one of the best in college baseball. After all the heartbreaks and close losses, this is the team that finally brings a trophy back to Oxford, Mississippi, and KEEPS it in the state of Mississippi! This Ole Miss baseball team won a national championship. The 2022 Rebels defeated Oklahoma 4-2 in comeback fashion Sunday, scoring three runs in the eighth inning to bring home the first NCAA men's sports championship in school history. This team fell from the No. 1 spot early in SEC play and was in jeopardy of missing the conference tournament on May 1. This team benched all of its starting pitchers in April and had to rely on a junior college transfer and a freshman to save its season. This team, that lost four straight series in April; lost their cleanup hitter Kevin Graham for a month to a wrist injury; lost sophomore Calvin Harris to an oblique injury when he was batting .524; and lost transfer portal pitchers Jack Washburn and John Gaddis to an ankle injury and an appendectomy in April. The team that received the last bid in the NCAA Tournament is the last team standing. Champions of the world! Congratulations, Ole Miss! The Rebels finished the season 42-23, winning 10 of 11 games during a magical run through the postseason. It is the first baseball national championship in program history. Moving along, we get into a deep conversation about the college baseball culture and what the fans mean to the game.. No one supports their college baseball teams like fans from Mississippi, and that leaves us with one question: Is Mississippi the best overall college baseball state? Obviously, it takes more than fan support to win national titles. That's where the teams come in. And that's why Mississippi isn't just on top of the college baseball world today, but is poised to stay there for quite a while. Lastly, some late-breaking news Wes Johnson, the pitching coach of the Minnesota Twins, has been hired as the new pitching coach at LSU. Wes Johnson will begin his tenure at LSU later this week after coaching the Twins in their five-game series against the Cleveland Guardians. Johnson will be making his return to the college ranks and, specifically, to the Southeastern Conference after serving as the Twins' pitching coach since 2019. Prior to joining the Twins, he had filled coaching roles with both the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Arkansas Razorbacks...How do we feel about this? And before we head out, we just want to remind you that our Logo Design Contest is going on NOW! And there are just two weeks left to enter! That’s right guys, just two weeks left until July 12th, episode 56. All you have to do is get creative and submit the design to the email below. After all of the designs are submitted, they will then be placed into an Instagram and Twitter poll where YOU, yes, you will get to choose our next logo for The Guys Being Doods Podcast. We hope you all enjoy another GREAT day and we will see you next Tuesday!
